if his father had told him, stick to your guns, he wouldn't have confessed. after the later painful memory of seeing his father lying dead that he suddenly realized what forgiveness could be. he has to go to his grave with all of that was left just by the slight chance. , play basketball. you can see his eyes going, what if i had done that? another's father said do not stand on the street corner. and he breaks down and cry. we are almost out of time. i have a couple of housekeeping to take care of. on april 16, we have the

president of iceland who will address the global resources in the arctic. april 17, we have the direct your of the office of national drug control policy. april 19, we'll have after donahoe, the postmaster general of the u.s. he will discuss the challenges of the evolving demands of the postal service. second, as i noted earlier, this is the eighth time that mr. brent is coming here to speak at the national press club. >> i have overstayed my welcome. [laughter] ,> it's time we have him here we are reminded not only that he is an outstanding filmmaker that helps us reveal much of our world, but also an outstanding speaker. when the s club began, the spoken word was a numeral artform -- when the press club began, the spoken word was an art form. but fewer and fewer people are

gifted at the use of the podium and the microphone as is mr. burns. epicsits, he delivers an speech. he also reminds us of the great speakers who have come before him, such as our first speaker, and went roosevelt and artists such as rfid hits top. cock.ch as alfred hitch he is truly more than our guest. he has become part of our club and our mission. today at the time we would normally give you your eigth national press club copy club -- coffee mug -- [laughter] and stead we want to make you an honorary member of the national press club. [laughter] [applause] i guess i am a card-carrying

journalist. thank you. you still have to answer one more question. >> in 45 seconds. this is the only film that does not have the ken burns voice in it. >> i never put my voice in the film. it is always narrated i summoned all. -- by someone else. all the films i have made is that they are not mine. there is a convenient in our society that get everything down to 140 characters. aat a film by ken burns is reductionist thing. all of my films share coproducers and directors of equal importance. they should be acknowledged. i wish that they were here with

me now. thank you. [applause] >> thank you for coming today. i would like to say thank you to the national press club staff for organizing today's event. as a reminder, you can find out more information about the national rest club and get and video of today's event at rest .org -- press.org. thank you. we are adjourned. [applause] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2013] [captioning performed by national captioning institute]

>> next former secretary of state hillary clinton talks about the women's rights. after that, women entrepreneurs and technology. then gun laws in the second amendment. on the next "washington journal" jeff mason and susan f discuss gun violence and the immigration bill.

also, the backlog of claims at the department of veterans affairs. and the latest on developments of the korean peninsula. "washington journal" life at 7 a.m. eastern on c-span. i really learned how humanizing politics is. it is about people that interact. we learn that we can do this. of beingl capable leaders of our country. it is about working together and finding common ground. >> before i was not that optimistic about the future. all of the media is showing is the negative aspects of the future. i think this program made this more optimistic about the future and more positive about where our country is going. >> we get negative opinions from the news media. the fact that the matter is,

every day they are working together. justice kagan is able to put aside her businesses and go hunting with justice scalia. members are able to eat together and it happens every day. >> i think president obama summed it up perfectly yesterday. he would say that our country has always been in turmoil throughout its history, that we as people have always found a way to get through it. i'm not saying i'm not worried about the future. we have problems we need to fix. we want to make a difference for this country. i'm sure there's plenty of other people around our age that want to make a difference and want to do good. i believe that we will be able to solve the problems that we face today. >> each year, high school students from across the country me in washington as part of the senate youth program. he met with leaders from all three branches of government, including president obama, justice kagan, and senator burr.

hear their comments sunday night at 8 p.m. on c-span posing "q&a." secretary ofr state hillary clinton. she spoke about women's rights in the united states and around the world. first is tina brown, the editor and chief of the daily beast and newsweek introduces secretary clinton. this is 35 minutes. [applause] >> welcome everybody to the women of the world summit. [applause] we have an incredible night last night with meryl streep and angelina jolie, and those amazing women from pakistan. today we will bring you some extraordinary women telling extraordinary stories. of course, the most extraordinary of all is standing right next to me. [applause]

before she lets you hear her amazing words today, i want you to conjure up an image. this image of a solitary woman in a house in rangoon. throughout her long years under house arrest in burma, separated from her husband and her two young boys, the heroic dissidents aung san suu kyi was sustained by poster she put up on her wall. was a poster from the 1995 united nations first world conference on women in beijing. it was signed by the woman whose words at that conference served to motivate millions of others. you know those words first uttered by hillary clinton wearing that pink first lady suit at the podium in beijing.

she said it there is one message that echoes from the conference, let it be that human rights are women's rights, and women's rights are human rights, once and for all. [cheers and applause] when hillary clinton spoke those words, killed in the patriarchal power struggle were ready to hear them. there were still were prepared for the earth words to reverberate through to succeeding decades. we hear there and go in the voice of one of our co hearst's, the fearless somali doctor who has created a safe and peaceful civil society on her family's lanford tens of thousands of internally displaced people. -- land for tens of thousands of internally displaced people. we will hear from a woman who survived rape and testified we hear their echo.f rape.

the heart wrenchingly vulnerable, steely malala, who had not even been born when hillary spoke in somalia. how dare the taliban and take away my basic right to education? hillary rodham clinton spoke truth to power, but she did not leave it that. she has worked to recast the conversation in both work and deed. so often she was working unseen, and private, individual groups of women in the world's most challenging places. she strode into the senate, the ultimate old boys' club -- one of the finest minds of the 12th century.

as america secretary of state, she made women's rights and therefore human rights a central focus. not an afterthought, not a sidebar -- central. she issued directive to all embassies of the strategic imperative of advancing women's equality. she said it so well in 2011, when we liberate the economic potential of women, we elevate the economic performance of nations and the world. definitively refrained at the whole conversation about the advancement of women. first establish that women's rights are human rights, then explain that unshackling women is just good business. the big question about hillary is, what is next? [applause]

>> i did not mean that in the way that every political handicapper me that, of course. will her agenda for women maintain its momentum now that she has moved on from the state department? what is next, for all of us here today, and the millions that she has inspired? hillary's words in beijing jolted us 17 years ago. they seem obvious now, but aren't all eternal truths self evident once someone has the work to speak them echoed and so it is with great pride that i welcome to this podium the woman who spoke the truth that all men and women are created equal, the honorable hillary rodham clinton. [applause] >> thank you. thank you.

thank you so much. what a wonderful occasion for me to be back here, the for the -- thre fourth women in the world conference that i have been privileged to attend, introduced by the founder and creator and my friend, tina brown. when one thinks about this annual conference, it really is intended to -- and i believe has focused attention on the global challenges facing women from equal rights and education to human slavery, literacy, the power of the media and technology to affect change in women, and so much else. for that i thank tina and a great team that she has worked with in order to produce this

conference and the effects it has created. it has been such an honor to work with all of you over the years, although it is hard to see from up here and out into the audience. i did see some places and i know -- some faces and i know that this is an occasion as well for so many friends and colleagues to come together and take stock of where we stand and what more needs to be done in advancing the great unfinished business of the 21st century, the rights and opportunities for women and girls. now this is an unfinished around the world. many women are treated at best as second-class citizens, and at worst as some kind of subhuman species. those of you who read their last -- who were there last

night all saw that remarkable film that interviewed men, primarily in pakistan, talking very honestly about their intention to continue to control the women in their lives and their reach. but the business is also a unfinished here at home in the united states. we have come so far together, but there is still work to be done. now i have always believed that women are not victims, we are agents of change. we are drivers of progress. we are makers of peace. [applause] all we need is a fighting chance. and that firm faith in the untapped potential of women at

home and raul world has been at -- whole world has been at the heart of my work my entire life, from college and law school, from arkansas to the white house to the senate. when i became secretary of state, i was determined to weave this perspective even deeper into the fabric of american foreign policy. but i need to do that i could not just preach to the usual choir. that we had to reach out, not only to men in solidarity and recruitment, but to religious communities, to every partner we could find. we had to make the case to the whole world that creating opportunities for women and girls advances security and prosperity for everyone. so we relied on the empirical research that shows that when women participate in the economy, everyone benefits. when women participate in

peacemaking and peacekeeping, we are all sacred and more secure. -- safer and more secure. and when women participate in the politics of their nation, they can make a difference. but as strong a case as we have made, to many otherwise thoughtful people continue to see the fortunes of women and girls as somehow separate from society at large. they nod, they smile, and then they relegate these issues, once again, to the sidelines. i have seen it over and over again. i have been kidded about it. i have been ribbed, i have been challenged in board rooms and official offices across the world. but fighting to give women and

girls a fighting chance is it -- is not a nice thing to do. it isn't some luxury that we get to when we have time on our hands. this is a core imperative. for every human being and every society. if we do not continue the -- [applause] if we do not continue the campaign for women's rights and opportunities, the world we want to live in, the countries that we all love and cherish will not be what it should be. it is no coincidence that so many of the countries that threaten regional and global peace are the very places where women are deprived of dignity

and opportunity. think of the young women from northern mali to afghanistan whose schools have been destroyed, or the girls across africa, the middle east, and south asia who have been condemned to child marriage. or the refugees of the conflicts from eastern, go to syria who endured rape and deprivation as weapons of war. it is no coincidence that so many of the countries where the rule of law and democracy are struggling to take root are the same places where women and girls cannot participate as full and equal citizens. like in egypt, where women stood on the front lines of the revolution but are now being denied their seats at the table, and face a rising tide of sexual

violence. it is no coincidence that so many of the country's making the leap from poverty to prosperity are places now grappling with how to empower women. i think it is one of the of unanswered questions of the rest of this century as to whether countries like china and india can sustain their growth and emerge as a true global economic powers. much of that depends on what happens with women and girls. now, none of these are coincidences, but instead, they demonstrate -- and your presence here today confirms -- that we are meeting at a remarkable moment of confluence. because in countries and communities across the globe

where, for generations, violence against women has gone unchecked, opportunity and dignity virtually unknown, there is a powerful new current, a grass-roots activism stirring. galvanized by events too outrageous to ignore, and enable by new technologies that give women and girls voices like never before. [applause] that is why it we need to seize this moment, but we need to be thoughtful and smart and savvy about what this moment really offers to us. many of us have been working, advocating, and fighting for women and girls more decades and we care to remember. i think we can and should be proud of what we have achieved. conferences like this have been part of that progress.

but let's recognize much of our advocacy is still rooted in a 20th century, top-down frame. the world is changing beneath our feet, and it is past time to embrace a 21st century approached to advancing the rights and opportunities that women and girls at home and across the globe. [applause] think about it. you know, technology, from satellite television to sell bonds, from twitter to tumblr, is helping to bring abuses out of the shadows and into the center of global consciousness. think of the wyman in that blue -- woman in that blue bra beaten in tahrir square.

think of that 6-year-old and afghanistan about to be sold into marriage to settle a family debt. just as importantly, technological changes are helping inspire, organize, and empower grass-roots activists. i have seen this, and that is where progress is coming from, and where our support is needed. we have a tremendous stake in the outcomes of these efforts. today more than ever, we see clearly that the fate of women and girls far from here is tied up with the greatest security and economic challenges of our time. consider pakistan, a proud country with a rich history that recently marked a milestone in its democratic development and a civilian government completed its first full term. for the very first time.

and it is no secret that pakistan is played by many ills. many ills. by violent extremism, sectarian conflict, poverty, energy shortages, corruption, weak democratic institutions. it is a combustible mix, and more than 30,000 pakistanis have been killed by terrorists in the last decade. the repression of women in pakistan exacerbates all of these problems. more than 5 million children do not attend school, and two- thirds of them are girls. the taliban insurgency has made the situation even worse. as malala has set and reminded us, we live in the 21st century. how can we be deprived from education? she went on to say, i have the right to play. i have the right to sing. i have the right to talk.

i have the right to go to market. i have the right to speak out. how many of us here today would have that kind of courage? the taliban recognized this young girl, 14 at the time, as a serious threat. and you know what? they were right. she was a threat. [applause] extremism thrives amid ignorance and anger, intimidation and cowardice. as malala said, if this new generation is not given pens, they will be given guns. but the taliban miscalculated. they thought if they silenced her, and thank god they didn't,

that not only she but her cause would die. but instead, they inspired millions of pakistanis to finally say enough is enough. you heard it directly from those two brave young pakistani women yesterday, and they are not alone. people marched in the streets. they signed petitions demanding that every pakistani child, boys and girls alike, have the opportunity to attend school. that in itself was a rebuke to extremist and their ideology. i am well aware that improving life for pakistani women is not a panacea. but it is impossible to imagine making real progress on that country's other problems, especially violent extremism, without tapping the talent and addressing the needs of pakistan's women, including reducing corruption, in the culture of impunity, expanding

access to education, to credit, to all the tools that give a woman or a man the chance to make the most of their own life and dreams. none of this will be easy in pakistan or anywhere else, but the grassroots response to malala's shooting gives us hope for the future. again and again we have seen women drive progress. in northern ireland, catholic and protestant women like i am -- like mccormack came together to demand an end to the trouble and helped usher in the good friday accord. in liberia, women marched in protest it until the country's warlords agreed to in their civil war. they prayed the devil back to hell, and they twice elected ellen johnson is our lead as the first woman president in africa. an organization called sisters against violent extremism now

connects women in more than a dozen countries who have risked their lives to tell the terrorist that are not welcome in their community. so the next time you hear someone say the fate of women and girls is not a core national security issue, it's not one of those hard issues that really smart people deal with, remind them, the extremist understand the stakes of this struggle. they know that when women are liberated, so are entire societies. we must understand this, too, and not only understand it, but act on it. the struggles do not end when countries attempt the transition to democracy.

we have seen that very clearly he last few years. many millions, including many of us, were inspired and encouraged by the way women and men work together during the revolutions in places like egypt, tunisia, and libya. but we know that all over the world, when the dust settles, too often women's gains are lost to better organized, more powerful forces of repression. we see women still marginalized and shut out of decision making. we see women activists being targeted by organized campaign of violence and intimidation. but still, so many brave activists, women and men alike, continue to advocate for equality and dignity for all egyptians, two nations, and libyans.

they know the only way to realize the promise of the arab spring is with and through the full participation of half the opulation. [applause] what is true in politics is also true in economics. in the years ahead, a number of rapidly developing nations are poised to reshape the global economy, live to millions out of poverty and into the middle class. this will be good for them and good for us. it will create vast new markets and trading partners. but no country can achieve its full economic potential when women are left out or left behind. a fact underscored the day after day, and most recently to meet, o tragically in india. concerning leon, 23-year-old woman brutally beaten and raped on a delhi bus last december.

she was from a poor farming family, but like so many women and men, she wanted to climb that economic ladder. she had aspirations for her life. she studied all day to, physical therapist. then she went to work at a call center in the evening. she slept two or three hours a night. the president of india described her as a symbol of all that new india strives to be. but if her life embodied the aspirations of a rising nation, her death, her murder, pointed to the many challenges still holding it back. a culture of rape is tied up with a broader set of problems, official corruption, illiteracy, inadequate education, loss,

tradition, customs, culture that prevent women from being seen as equal human beings. in addition, in many places, india and china of being the leaders, a skewed in gender balance with many more men than women, which contributes to human trafficking, child marriage, and other abuses that dehumanize women and corrode society. so millions of indians took to the streets in 2011. they protested corruption. in 2012, after the delhi gan rape, the two causes merge. demands for stronger measures against rape called for better policing for and india that could protect all of its citizens and deliver the opportunities they deserve. some have called that the indians' spring.

as the protesters understood, india will rise or fall with its women. it has had a tradition of strong women leaders, but those women leaders, like women leaders around the world, who become presidents or prime ministers or foreign ministers or heads of corporations, cannot be seen as tokens that give everybody else in society the chance to say, we have taken care of our women. [applause] so any country that wants to rise economically and improve productivity needs to open the doors. latin america and the caribbean have steadily increased women's participation in the labor market since the 1990's.